Wednesday: The Day In Photos

Soldiers take cover as a helicopter delivers supplies to drain the Tangjiashan mountain “quake lake” in Beichuan County, China. China plans to evacuate 100,000 people threatened by the swelling lake formed by the recent earthquake. China’s Water Ministry has said 69 dams were in danger of bursting. (China Photos / Getty Images)

Sept. 16, 2014 9:21 AM PT

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A woman crosses a bridge damaged by the May 12 earthquake in Hanwang, China. (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)

An undocumented immigrant reacts to being captured on the island of Tenerife, Spain. About 60 undocumented immigrants were intercepted after they arrived in a small boat from Africa. (Manuel Lerida / Associated Press)

A medic cares for Salah Dawood, one of the two men injured in a roadside bomb explosion, in Sulaimaniyah’s hospital,160 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (Yahya Ahmed / Associated Press)

Fanny Otalvaro, 55, rests at a shelter for flood victims in Puerto Salgar, Colombia. Hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes after heavy rains caused the Magdalena River to overflow its banks in the villages of Honda, La Dorada and Puerto Salgar . (William Fernando Martinez / Associated Press)

Nepalese celebrate the end of monarchy outside the convention hall where Nepal’s newly elected Constituent Assembly is meeting in Katmandu. Lawmakers prepared to declare Nepal the world’s newest republic and bring an end to a centuries-old Hindu monarchy, but said they would give the last king 15 days to leave the palace. (Mustafa Quraishi / Associated Press)

A student wing of a fundamentalist Islamic party shouts slogans during a protest near the residence of top nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The students protested after police stopped them from meeting Khan on the 10th anniversary of the country’s first nuclear tests. (Aamir Qureshi / AFP/ Getty Images)

Former border guards swim in the main fountain of Moscow’s Gorky Park as they celebrate border guards day in Moscow. Russian border guards celebrated the 90th anniversary of their service. (Mikhail Metzel / Associated Press)